Most Java app bundles (.app) use Java 6 because they were compiled with Apple's Jar Bundler. To make a bundle work with latest java you must use Oracle's bundler. .jar files will use latest version though. You can work around this by using the .jar verison of the app. Go in the contents of the app and you may find a jar file somewhere in resources; try to launch it.

I had a lot of this baloney with Minecraft. Howver Minecraft, and a lot of Java software out there, are made for Java 6 and work best with it.

Read the RTF in the zip attached. It is a website I downloaded a while ago but don't have original link so I had to copy and paste into RTF

OP said s/he was looking to avoid installing it, so probably not. Yosemite removes 1.6, so it's easy to just put it back and move on. And yeah, I know I'm not answering OP's request, I'm suggesting just installing 1.6.

OP said s/he was looking to avoid installing it, so probably not. Yosemite removes 1.6, so it's easy to just put it back and move on. And yeah, I know I'm not answering OP's request, I'm suggesting just installing 1.6.

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I was hoping there was a way to avoid re-installing it. 1.6 isn't exactly cutting edge and bug free.......

Oh well, if there's really no way, then, I'll just add it, and remove it later, but, that kinda sucks

Most Java app bundles (.app) use Java 6 because they were compiled with Apple's Jar Bundler. To make a bundle work with latest java you must use Oracle's bundler. .jar files will use latest version though. You can work around this by using the .jar verison of the app. Go in the contents of the app and you may find a jar file somewhere in resources; try to launch it.

I had a lot of this baloney with Minecraft. Howver Minecraft, and a lot of Java software out there, are made for Java 6 and work best with it.

Read the RTF in the zip attached. It is a website I downloaded a while ago but don't have original link so I had to copy and paste into RTF

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